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Ricky Gervais: The only group you can mock now is the working class
4+ hour, 58+ min ago (785+ words) Ricky Gervais has said his comic voice can be traced back to an English teacher who told him to stop inventing fanciful stories and start writing about real life. The comedian, 64, who created and starred in The Office, Extras and…...
What makes Rowan Atkinson tick? ‘I’m perennially dissatisfied with myself’
3+ week, 13+ hour ago (628+ words) In person Atkinson is urbane, articulate, self-contained but quietly affable. Wearing a dark blue suit, V-neck jumper, shirt and tie, his silver hair neatly cropped, he could be a reassuringly expensive private doctor. He could even be the electrical engineer…...
Friends is leaving Netflix — could it be any more tragic?
3+ week, 1+ day ago (177+ words) " Netflix buys Warner Bros studios in blockbuster $83bn deal It's thought that HBO Max has bought the show in advance of its UK launch in March next year. Ironically Netflix is in talks to buy Warner Bros, which owns HBO Max…...
Jonathan van Ness: On Queer Eye, I got depressed and isolated
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (509+ words) I knew I was gay from a young age, but I was still trying to be as masculine as I could. I dressed in Abercrombie like the other boys in my little town of Oakland in Illinois, while all I…...
The best shows in London and the UK to book now
2+ mon, 24+ min ago (552+ words) Our critics travel up and down the country reviewing the latest theatre, musicals and dance, so have the inside track. Here is our guide to the best productions and where to watch them " ordered by when they end. Feel free…...
Stephen Fry is a hologram on a mission to have fun
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (105+ words) It's not far off, right down to the lavishly costumed, groovily soundtracked "walkdown" the cast do leading up to the curtain call. " Stephen Fry and Olly Alexander: how to come out, beat breakdowns and be happy " Sharon D Clarke on…...
Born with Teeth review — Ncuti Gatwa stars in Shakespeare fan fiction
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (205+ words) Here come the wide boys. Liz Duffy Adams's sprightly two-hander about the relationship between Christopher Marlowe and a young William Shakespeare reimagines them as hot, horny lads with very 21st-century minds. You half-expect Marlowe, the more seasoned of the pair,…...
Paul Merton: how I found happiness after heartbreak and loss
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (1963+ words) In the early hours of Thursday, March 27, you wouldn't have wanted to be Paul Merton and Suki Webster's neighbours. Your slumber would probably have been challenged by the Proclaimers proclaiming and the pop of a champagne cork. Also, there was…...
Lenny Henry: ‘Mum could punch you through a brick wall like Popeye’
5+ mon, 15+ hour ago (324+ words) People said horrible things to her in the street," he says. So she had to cope with a lot. She gave you a good hiding if she thought you'd crossed the line. But when you are a kid all you…...
Peter Schrank’s Times cartoon: July 25, 2025
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (45+ words) Buy prints or signed copies of Times cartoons from our Print Gallery at timescartoons.com or call 0800 912 7136 September 08 2025, 8.00pm September 18 2025, 8.40pm September 21 2025, 12.01am James Burnell-Nugent | Thunderer Emma Duncan | Notebook September 22 2025, 12.01am...